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Plastics‐ n°6
Title Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases
Year 2006
Author US EPA
Impact assessment


Recycling Incinerationrecovery^ with^ energy^ Landfill
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq)
Climate change (kg CO 2  eq) ‐ 420 300 10
Cumulative energy demand (million BTU*) ‐52,83 ‐3,16 #REF!
Water consumption (m^3 )
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)
Acidification (kg SO2 eq)
Photochemical oxidation (kg ethylene eq)
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11  eq)
Human toxicity (kg 1,4‐DB eq)
Crude oil consumption (g)
Air emissions of organic compounds (g)
Waste production (kg)



  •  1  million BTU = 1055,056 MJ
    Indicator not included


Functional unit  1  short ton of material

6[PET]

Methodology IPCC


Included stages disposal stage only
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